Eye on Lembo. Comptroller Prepares to Launch Bid for Governor.

State Comptroller Kevin Lembo’s bid for governor is imminent. Expect an announcement soon. The two-term comptroller has been looking for a venue for his announcement. He’s also been calling calling party leaders with considerable campaign experience to do some brain-picking.

Some early Lembo obstacles will include the memory of his mediocre result for re-election in 2014 against a Republican opponent with no money to spend. More formidable will be the Malloy loyalists, and there are still plenty of those in the upper ranks of the party, share their leader’s loathing of Lembo.

Joe Ganim’s growing interest in making the race for the state’s top job will also be an obstacle. Lembo has been cultivating Ganim for several years and now may not reap the benefit of tending to that rocky garden.